Born in Boston, MA
Lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island
EDUCATION
2003-2005
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY (MFA, Fine Arts)
1992-1996
Bennington College, Bennington, VT (BA, concentration in Painting and Printmaking)
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2015-to present Universal Garden, curated & presented by Monument Square Arts, Woonsocket, RI The Memory Palace, curated & presented by Era Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA (online) Sanctuaries, Candita Clayton Gallery, East Greenwich, RI (online) A Small Story of Flowers on the Moon, Collier West, Brooklyn, NY (online) Jenny Brown Art at Ore Charles St, curated by Beth Kantrowitz for Ore, Boston, MA
When You Speak to Me, This is What I See, curated by Periphery Space,Paper Nautilus, Providence, RI
Jenny Brown Art at The Collaborative 02885, Warren, RI
New Collage Work by Jenny Brown, Chez Pascal, Providence, RI 2005-2014
Lavender Lily Sea-New Collage Work, Forage Space, Scranton, PA
Barnacles & Blossoms, Voltage Coffee & Art, Cambridge, MA
Losing Face-Leapling EP Release & Exhibition, Big Snow Buffalo Lodge, Brooklyn, NY
Harmony, Christine Price Gallery at Castleton State College, Castleton, VT
In Search of Sun Cups at Night, Artists Foundation, Boston, MA
Up in the Attic and Under the Bed, The Vault Room at Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Writing in My Own Language Backwards, Servicio-Ejectutivo, Brooklyn, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS, SALES EVENTS, & PUBLICATIONS 2024 Spring Group Show, Small Format, Providence, RI Riverside Under 5, curated by Alexander Morris, Luminist Photography, Riverside, RI Innovation in Bloom, CIC PVD, Venture Cafe, Providence, RI Advocacy is Love / The Womxn Project Show, The Womxn Project, Providence, RI The New England Collective XIII, juried by Lauren Szumita, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA Featured Artist-Drawings by Jenny Brown, Ellie’s, Providence, RI (January) 2023 The Big Holiday Show, Candita Clayton Gallery, East Greenwich, RI Holiday Show, Dryden Gallery, Providence, RI Jenny Brown Art Pop Up Event, Borealis Coffee, Bristol, RI Jenny Brown Art Pop Up Event, The Floral Reserve, Providence, RI Featured Artist-Drawings by Jenny Brown, Ellie’s, Providence, RI (December) Featured Artist, Wilder Collage Roam, Issue 1, December Featured Artist, Arts to Hearts Magazine, Volume 4, November The 2023 Auction, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE. Superfine Art Fair, represented by PxP Contemporary, Washington DC Everything Is Coming Up Roses, curated by PGMCS (online) Sweet Season, curated by Beth Kantrowitz, Gallery 444, Provincetown, MA Chroma, curated by Create Magazine & PxP Contemporary, Paradigms Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Jenny Brown Art Limited Edition Print Release at House of Roulx (online) Feels Like Home, curated by Beth Kantrowitz & Amy McFadden, Dryden Gallery, Providence, RI
Housewarming, curated & presented by Michael Rose Fine Art, Providence, RI Wall Flower 2, curated by Candice Smith Corby & Beth Kantrowitz, Jameson & Thompson, Jamaica Plain, MA Do or Don’t Do it Yourself-A Paint By Numbers Show, curated by Kirstin Lamb, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI 2022 Legends of the Moon, curated by Era Contemporary for the Tyler Arboretum, Media, PA The Holiday Group Show, curated & presented by Monument Square Arts, Woonsocket, RI Wall Flower, curated by Candice Smith Corby & Beth Kantrowitz, Stonehill College, Easton, MA The 2022 Auction, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE Featured Artist, The Purposeful Mayonnaise, Issue 2.2, Aug/Sept Heat Wave, curated & presented by Freemarket Gallery, Atlanta, GA At the Party, curated by Jane Kang Lawrence for I Like Your Work (online) Featured Artist, Birdcoat Quarterly Issue 10, June 2022 Like a Mother!, curated by Erika B. Hess for Brandi Hofer Artist Gallery (online) Packaging Design Collaboration with Hudson Chatham Winery, Ghent, NY, May 2022 Superfine Art Fair, represented by PxP Contemporary, Washington DC Featured Artist, Humana Obscura Spring/Summer 2022 Featured Artist, Echos of Yesterday, a book by Photo Trouvée Magazine Origin, a group show curated by Juniper Rag at the Jean McDonough Arts Center, Worcester, MA Vignettes-Small Works by Twelve Women Artists, Drive-by Projects, Watertown, MA 2021 Featured Artist, Art Seen Magazine Autumn/Winter 2021 Edition Artists for Action-A Benefit for Vital Voices, curated by Jennifer Orkin Lewis The 2021 Auction, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE OMG Art Faire, represented by Drive-by Projects, Kingston, NY The Summer Group Show Part 1, curated & shown by Candita Clayton Gallery, New London, NH Featured Artist, Slush Pile Magazine Issue #25, Summer 2021 Summer Love, curated by Jessica Libor for Era Contemporary (online) Summer Dream Collection & Exhibition, curated & hosted by Brandi Hofer Artist Gallery (online) Altered Papers, Books, & Prints, curated by Kendra Ferreria, Warwick Center for the Arts, Warwick, RI Packaging Design Collaboration with Hudson Chatham Winery, Ghent, NY, June 2021 Juniper Rag Magazine, Featured Artist, Spring 2021 (in print) The Print Shop by FreeMarket x Hotel Colee Lobby Collaboration, Atlanta, GA Jenny Brown Art at Bloom Collective, Providence, RI Spring/Summer/Fall 2021 Create Magazine 25, Featured Artist, curated by Danielle Krysa, Spring 2021 (in print) RI Community Invitational, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI Featured Artist, Photo Trouvée Magazine Issue 4, Spring 2021 (online) All She Makes Magazine Issue 1, Featured Directory Artist Issue, Spring 2021 (in print) Sea Lattice Limited Edition print release by The Print Shop by FreeMarket, Atlanta, GA Featured Artist, Sepia Journal No. 1, Spring 2021 (online) Spring Valentine, curated by Jessica Libor for Era Contemporary (online) Memories of Love, curated and exhibited by Photo Trouvée Magazine, February & March (online) Jenny Brown Art at J. Langdon Antiques & Art, Montpelier, VT 2020 Candyfloss Magazine Featured Artist, The Enchantment Issue (in print) The 2020 Auction, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE Belated Spring, curated by Beth Kantrowitz for Jameson & Thompson Framers, Jamaica Plain, MA The New Pre-Raphaelites, curated by Jessica Libor, Era Contemporary at Harcum College, Bryn Mawr, PA (online) Runner Up for the Era Contemporary Art Prize, Era Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA (2020) Collect, Cut, Composite, curated & presented by PxP Contemporary (online) Word & Image, curated by Alexis Chute, Multicultural Heritage Centre-Story Plain, Alberta, Canada The Yellow Wallpaper, curated by Beth Kantrowitz for One Mile Gallery, Kingston, NY PxP Contemporary at Showfields, curated by Alicia Puig, New York, NY Floramatic, curated and exhibited by Freemarket Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia Bloom & Grow: Brilliant Botanicals, curated by Sarah Hedean, Annmarie Sculpture Garden, Solomans, MD ONE, curated and exhibited by PxP Contemporary (online) The MassArt 2020 Auction, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA (online) New Collage Work at Bakova Gallery, Hillsborough, NC Leading Women, curated by Lisa Hutler, Water St Studios & Gallery, Batavia, IL Gang de Filles, curated by La Boheme Noir & Co, The Good Will Engine Company, Providence, RI TEN, Paradigm Gallery, Philadelphia, PA The Aquent 2020 Calendar-Featured Artist, Boston, MA
2019 The Really Big Group Show, Candita Clayton Gallery, Pawtucket, RI 50x500, curated and exhibited by PxP Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA Plenty, 13Forest Gallery, Arlington, MA The Benefit Auction, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE. The Flower Festival, What Cheer Farm, Providence, RI The Dot Conference, Part 2, Room 83 Spring, Watertown, MA. Postcards to Fay, Maud Morgan Center for Art, Cambridge, MA Priority Mail Biennial, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Tiny Sketchbook Tour, hosted by Slow Galerie/The Other Art Fair (Paris/London) Blossom, curated by and exhibited at Candita Clayton Gallery, Pawtucket, RI The Dot Conference, curated by Kirstin Lamb. The Yard, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY Pilot, curated and exhibited online by PxP Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA. Altered States, curated by Periphery Space at Paper Nautilus, Providence, RI The Flower Show, curated by Shari Jacobson. National Boston, Brookline, MA Seeds of Inspiration, curated by Mary Dondero. Bristol Museum of Art, Bristol, RI Cut & Paste, curated by Brooke Goldstein, Paula Mailloux, & Didi Suydam, Art Center, Jamestown, RI
The Anonymous Drawings Archive Show, curated by Anke Becker. Kunsthaus Kannen, Münster, Germany
2018
Annual Holiday Group Show, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Plenty 2018, 13Forest Gallery, Arlington, MA
Brave Daughters Studio Group Show, Brave Daughters PVD, Rumford, RI
Autumn Group Show, Candita Clayton Gallery, Pawtucket, RI
Silent Auction at Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA
Into the Light-Benefit Exhibition for the Rail Park, hosted by Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Banquet, curated by Catherine Bergmann, Dunedin Center for Fine Art, Dunedin, Florida
Featured Artist for Alex & Ani Fall 2018 Product Launch and In-Store Event, Alex & Ani HQ, Cranston, RI.
REVEAL Art Fair, Saratoga Springs, NY. Represented by Ground Floor Gallery. The New England Collective IX, juried by Marni Elyse Katz, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
Power of the Flower, Concord Center for Fine Art, Concord, MA
Jenny Brown Art Pop Up Event at Anthropologie, Cranston, RI (April & May)
Bouquet-A Flower Show curated by Kirstin Lamb. Yard Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
Delicacy, curated by Hilary Tait Norod. Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
Affordable Art Fair, 2018, NY, NY-represented by Ground Floor Gallery Back Cover Art for French Edition of The Collage Ideas Book, published by Ilex/Octopus (2018)
Illustration for "Chronic Pain," Spirituality & Health Magazine, Jan/Feb Issue (2018)
Jenny Brown Art Limited Edition Print Release at Anthropologie.com
2017
Westside Wonderland Pop Up at Loie Fuller's, Providence, RI
The Really Big Group Show, Candita Clayton Gallery, Pawtucket, RI
Annual Holiday Group Show, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Open Door 13 curated by Danielle Krysa. Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Plenty 2017, 13Forest Gallery, Arlington, MA
Silent Auction at Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA
Selfies and Self Portraits: How 21st Century Artists C See Themselves, Viridian Artists, NY, NY
Draw-a-go-go, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
Priority Mail Biennial Exhibition, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Museum of Fine Arts Boston Summer Art Party Auction, Boston, MA
2017 Pasadena Showcase House of Design, curated by GoodEye Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Jenny Brown Art Pop Up Shop at West Elm, Providence, RI (April & December)
Drawing for the Future, curated by Bernhard Cella, 21erHaus Vienna, Austria
Marked Urgent: An Exhibition in Defense of Free Press, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Jenny Brown Art Pop Up at Anthropologie, Cranston, RI (February & April) New Works in Print, Anthropologie, Cranston, RI
From the Pages, curated by Ekaterina Popova, Paradigm Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Create Magazine Featured Artist, curated by Bridgette Mayer. Spring Issue
2016
The Really Big Group Show, Candita Clayton Gallery, Pawtucket, RI
Deck the Walls 2016, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Merry Makers Pop Up at GoodEye Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Plenty 2016, 13Forest Gallery, Arlington, MA
Pop Up Exhibition at Kate Spade Pasadena, curated by Good Eye Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
#CautionMayBeHot, curated by Courtney Cerruti, Long Weekend, Oakland, CA
Jenny Brown Art Pop Up Shop at West Elm, Providence, RI (October & December)
Art & Cocktails Truro, curated by Marni Katz, Truro, MA
Juror's Choice, curated by Elizabeth Devlin, Uforge Gallery Jamaica Plain, MA
Featured Artist for August, Word Dance Publishing (online)
"Flash," curated by Rota & Jorfida, Summer 2016 (at Rota & Jorfida online)
Blooming Bazaar Pop-Up, curated by KioskPVD, Providence, RI
Summer Show at Taste Design, Inc, curated by Candita Clayton, Jamestown, RI
Bounding Main, Collier West Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Internal Politics/Great Expectations, Viridian Artists Gallery, New York, New York
Here, curated by Jayna Aronovitch, Lore Collection, Providence, RI
Botanical Arts, Merci Gallery, Tuscon, AZ
Anonymous Drawings 2016, Kunstverein Russelsheim, Russelsheim, Germany
PINK!, Silpe Gallery, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
MBTI Match Up, curated by Abigael McGuire & Brooke Goldstein, Drawing Room, Providence, RI
Fern Weh/Heim Weh (The Good Life/Homesickness), curated by Anke Becker, Tete Project, Berlin, Germany The Handmade Life, published by Thames & Hudson. US release October 2016
The Dialogist, Volume III, Issue III
2015
Jealously Curated, Voltage Coffee & Art, Cambridge, MA
The Really Big Group Show, Candita Clayton Gallery, Pawtucket, RI
The New Collector BK Show, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Plenty, 13Forest Gallery, Arlington, MA
Anonymous Drawings, Galerie GEYSO20, Braunschweig, Germany
Sea Stars, curated by Edana Spicker, National Boston, Brookline, MA
Venture Ashore, Kiosk PVD at Yellow Peril Gallery, Providence, RI
Anonymous Drawings Rome, curated by Anke Becker, Rome, Italy
Botanica: All Things Plant Life, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Anonymous Drawings 2015, curated by Anke Becker, Berlin, Germany
You've Got Mail, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Found Some Flotsam, LORE Collection, Providence, RI
Strike Away, Paxton Gate Curiosities, San Francisco, CA
Cross Pollination, Lark & Key Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Fernwah-The Good Life, curated by Anke Becker, online Featured Artist, The Craft Companion, published by Thames & Hudson Australia, November 2015
Fresh Paint Magazine Featured Artist, October 2015
2014
The Really Big Group Show, Candita Clayton Gallery, Pawtucket, RI
TEEM, Grin Gallery, Providence, RI
Flower Coffin, The Avenue Concept, Providence, RI
BalletX, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Tag (You're It), 13Forest Gallery, Arlington, MA
Summer Moon, Twilight Gallery, Seattle, WA
New Collage Work, Imogen Gallery, Astoria, OR
Sun Tilt, curated by Laurie Kearney, Seattle, WA
Petite Works Room, Ghost Gallery, Seattle, WA
Enormous Tiny Art #15, Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH (Winter 2014) Fresh Paint Magazine Featured Artist, Issue #5, October 2014
Pony Anarchy Magazine Featured Artist, Issue #12, May 2014
2013 Work/Life 3: The UPPERCASE Directory of Illustration
Illustration for "Super Organisms," Uppercase Magazine #18, July 2013
Album Cover/Packaging for Leapling, "Losing Face," Brooklyn, NY
Deck the Walls-Pop Up Show Featuring Works on Paper, Voltage Coffee & Art, Cambridge, MA
BalletX, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Showpaper Retrospective, Market Hotel, Brooklyn, NY
New Collage Work, The Red Fez, Providence, RI
Inspiration Station, curated by Hillary Wiedemann, Little Paper Planes (online)
2012
2nd Annual Small Works Exhibition, curated by Bea Modisett, Studio at Porter Mill, Beverly, MA
What the Wind Blew In, curated by Sarah Homans, The Danforth Gallery, Livingston, MT
The Patchbox Project curated by the Elsewhere Factory, Cargo Gallery, Rome, Italy
Alchemy Exhibition & Catalog, curated by Rachel Mosler, Harvester Gallery, Hudson, NY
Thorn Magazine, Issue #1, published by Kerrie Donnelly, England
March/April Featured Artist, curated by Kate Singleton, Buy Some Damn Art
2000-2011
Anonymous Drawings Archive, curated by Anke Becker, sihlquai55, Zurich, Switzerland Small Works Exhibition, curated by Maggie Cavallo, Studio at Porter Mill, Beverly, MA
Sustainable Beauty, Candita Clayton Gallery, Pawtucket, RI
The Creative Collective, Candita Clayton Gallery, Pawtucket, RI Flat Files, 5 Traverse Gallery, Providence, RI, United States (2009) Anonymous Drawings at Liste Basel, Basel, Switzerland (2009) White Box 10th Anniversary Auction, White Box, NY, NY (2009) I Heart Art, The WORK/Wassaic Project WORK Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2009 “A Bestiary,” curated by Meghan Guthrie, Pomme, Brooklyn, NY (2008) Anonymous Drawings/Selection, Galerie in der Stadtschuene, Otterndorf, Germany Summer Art Party Auction, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, NY, NY (2007) Anonymous Drawings at Berlin Kunstsalon, Berlin, Germany (2007) Anonymous Drawings 6, Blutenweiss, Berlin, Germany (2007) Anonymous Zeichner Book 6, published by Anke Becker, Blutenweiss, Berlin, Germany (2007) Blood, Sweat and Tires…Part I, Servicio-Ejecutivo, Brooklyn, NY (2006) draw_drawing2 at the London Biennial, The Foundry, London, England (2006) Into the Darkness, Eastside Gallery, School of Visual Arts, NY, NY (2006) “The Best,” MFA Thesis Exhibition, curated by Zach Feuer, Visual Arts Gallery, SVA, NY, NY (2005)
Je T’aime Tant, Issue #1, December, 2005, Created and published by Benoit Vial, Aix-en-Provence, France (2005) Berkshire Taconic Full Fellowship Recipient, Vermont Studio Center Johnson, VT (2003)
Lead Actress in "Sue's Last Ride," directed by Nicholas Elliott, Rotterdam Film Festival, Short Film Selections (2002)
TEACHING/STUDIO EXPERIENCE/RESIDENCIES & WRITING/ PODCASTS/LECTURES
2024 Guest Artist, Charles River School Summer Camps, Dover, MA Into the Mystic June Session Instructor-Enchated Botanicals, Squam Workshops, Hedalen, Norway Guest Artist, Franklin Arts & Culture Department, Franklin, MA Workshop Instructor-Immersion Collage, Maud Morgan Arts, Cambridge, MA (March) 2023 Squam Art Workshops Fall Session Instructor, “Stories & Layers,” Holderness, NH Workshop Instructor-Immersion Collage, Maud Morgan Arts, Cambridge, MA (April & October) Guest Speaker, Wilder Collage curated by Elysé Jokinen (March) 2022 Into the Mystic Fall Session Instructor, Squam Workshops, Providence, RI Artist Talk for Universal Garden, curated by Monument Square Arts (September, online event) Guest Speaker, Photo Trouvée Artist Residency (April) Guest Artist, The Inspired Painter Podcast w/Jessica Libor, (March) 2021 IGLive Event- Jenny Brown in Conversation with the Visionary Art Collective (May) 2020 Guest Artist, The Handicraft Club, Providence, RI (virtual event) “Floramatic” Artist Panel, FreeMarket Gallery, Atlanta, GA (virtual event) Artist Feature -Kalamazoo College Praxis Center (online) Interview with The Left Brain Artist Podcast, Episode 143 2005 - 2019 Artist in Residence, Worlds Fair Gallery (August 2019) Interview with Art & Cocktails Podcast, Summer Edition (2019) The Dot Conference- Round Table Conversation on Mark Making, The Yard, Brooklyn, NY (2019)
Contributing Writer at PattyJ.com, Providence, RI (2017)
Juror for Cambridge Art Association's Emerging Artists Exhibition (2017)
2 Minute Stories (my brief story of Flowering Pod), Special Orbits, July edition (2017)
Art for Your Ear-Interview with Danielle Krysa on The Jealous Curator Podcast (2017)
Visiting Artist's Lecture, Castleton State College, Castleton, VT (2012)
Adjunct Faculty, Painting and Printmaking, Castleton State College, Castleton, VT (2006-2007)
Studio Assistant to Chloe Piene, CP Studio, Brooklyn, NY (2005) Artist Residency-Vermont Studio Center Johnson, VT (1999 & 2003)
HOSPITALITY & PRODUCT COLLABORATIONS, CORPORATE COLLECTIONS & CLIENTS Massachusetts Department of Children & Familes HBO Max The Agnes Irwin School, Rosemont, PA Aquent, LLC, Boston, MA Eu2Be-Skincare by Charla Jones, Boston, MA ARTIQ Corporate & Hospitality Curation (Brighton & Cambridgeshire), London, UK Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA les poupées russes-creative agency, Paris, France Hudson-Chatham Winery, Ghent, NY The Wayfinder Hotel, Newport, RI
Seabourn Ovation Cruise Line, Curated by ArtLink
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Little Sister, Providence, RI United Natural Foods, Providence, RI PVDonuts, Providence, RI Father/Daughter Records, San Francisco, CA